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Thursday, August 13, 2026
Family in Qusra, Palestinian town besieged by settlers, says IDF troops damaged their home
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent
A family in the Palestinian West Bank village of Qusra, where settlers have obstructed access to two homes, documents damage inside their home after IDF soldiers stayed in it for several hours today as part of an operation to evacuate the settler outposts in the area.
According to residents of the village who spoke to The Times of Israel, soldiers are still staying in some of the homes they took over this morning, and not all of the families have returned to their homes. The IDF has yet to respond to an inquiry on the matter.
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A Qusra resident also tells The Times of Israel that the family claims a sum of money was stolen from them.
In addition, Qusay Abu Ridi, who lives in one of the besieged homes, was forced to leave his house for several hours. When he returned, he tells The Times of Israel, he discovered that the device recording footage from his security cameras had been taken, apparently by soldiers.
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